Embroiderer



: Dec. 29, 1936. D. LITSEY EMBROIDERER Filed June 29, 1936 Patented Dec. 29, 1936 EMBROEDERER Doris Litsey, Dallas, Tex.

Appiication June 29, 1936, Serial No. 87,841

6 Claims.

My invention has for its principal object the provision of an attachment for sewing machines for the purpose of stitching embroidery thread or yarn to a design on cloth or any suitable ma- "terial on which the design or other figure is to be worked.

In addition to its utilization as an embroiderer, the attachment embodying my invention can be ;;used and in fact takes the place of the regular presser foot of sewing machines. The well known and customary presser foot, in co-operation with the usual feed dog or toothed part, commonly used in all sewing machines, maintains the material being sewed in contact against this feeddog, carrying the material along as it is stitched or sewed. This regular presser-foot can therefore be taken off the presser-bar and my invention installed thereon, and used both as a regular presser-foot and as an embroiderer.

My invention will be clearly understood from a perusal of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and in said drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view in part of a sewing machine head with its stitching mechanism, a spool of embroidery thread or yarn, illustrating the manner of stitching the embroidery thread onto a design, and embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the embroidery attachment in operable position, the presser-bar, needle-bar and embroidery thread partly indicated in broken lines;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the embroidery attachment, the presser-bar being shown in broken lines;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the embroidery thread-holding and positioning member, per se;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the embroidery attachment, the thread-positioning and holding member removed; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a piece of material, showing a portion of a design stitched to the latter by the use of the attachment.

In carrying out my invention, I eliminate the regular presser-foot, commonly used in sewing machines and substitute my attachment in lieu thereof. This attachment although similar to the regular presser-foot, and as shown most clearly in Figures 2 and 5, has a shank I, an ovate-shaped, open-work foot portion 2 and a recessed head 3, adapted to closely fit the presserbar 4 of the sewing machine head 5. A set screw 55 6, receivable in the bayonet slot 1 holds the attachrnent in position, subject to adjustment by means of said slot 7 and the screw 6.

In Figure 4 is shown a member 8, with an eye 9, for securing the member, by means of screw iii to the attachment. This member is for the purpose of holding and positioning the embroidery thread or yarn ll, carried on the spool [2, in the aperture 93, formed by the V-shaped notch M of the foot 2 of the attachment and the simiiarly-shaped notch E5 of the member 8. This will be apparent from Figure 3. This member 8 is of a resilient nature and thus provides a yielding and forward holding means for the thread H, as the needle M a, carried by the needle-bar l ib, passes through the aperture l3, and forces the machine thread B through the embroidery thread H.

The foot portion 2 of the attachment is broadened at the points 2a for the purpose of enabling the foot to become more positively engaged by the teeth of the feed-dog (not shown). Thus, when the attachment is in a lowered position, the cloth or material A is fed along in the usual manner, and is viewed through the openings C.

In the operation of the attachment, the regular presser-foot is removed from the presser-bar t and my attachment placed on the bar 4, as shown in Figure 2. When the device is in this lowered position, it operates as the regular presser-footmaking straight seams or stitching on embroidery thread in designs by turning the material as it is fed in the customary manner.

In its raised position, afiected by loosening the screw 6 and shifting its position along the slot 1, the attachment operates quite differently. Thus when the device is raised sufiiciently to clear the feed-dog, the pressure is released from the feeddog and the cloth or material A can be guided manually so as to easily follow any design, back and forth, from side to side or in circles, curves or the like, and stitching the embroidery thread to the material as rapidly as the sewing can be guided.

While I have shown and described a practical working embodiment of my invention, it will be apparent to seamsters and others skilled in the sewing art, that in addition to the foregoing features, the device is capable of utilization in other ways. Also that I do not limit my invention to the precise construction shown, as alterations and modifications are capable of being made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and meaning of the appended claims.

. he said recess for yieldably holding the embroidery thread in said recess. 7

2. An embroiderer for sewing machines as defined and claimed in claim 1, said foot portion having openings for viewing the passage of the material being embroidered and including ,widened lateral edge portions sufiicient to positively engage with the feed-dog of the sewing machine.

3. An attachment for sewing machines comprising in combination with the presser bar and needle of said machine, a vertically adjustable presser foot secured to said presser bar and having a portion of substantially disc-shape for "overlying the work, said portion having a substantially V-shaped opening whose angle serves totreceive the needle of said machine, said foot also having View openings on either side and forwardly of said first opening, and means afiixed to the shank of said presser foot whose free end is arranged to overlie the angle of said V-shaped opening and shaped to define a needle orifice whereby to guide and position a strip of yarn into position to be acted upon by said needle, thereby to be aflixed to the work.

4. An attachment of the character defined in claim 3 in which the means for'defining the needle orifice is replaceable and flexible.

5. An attachment for sewing machines for securing embroidery material to fabric, comprising in combination with the presser bar and needle of a sewing machine, a presser foot having a shank and a substantially disc-shaped foot member for overlying the work, said foot member also having apertures for viewing the work, and a needle opening, and flexible means detachably secured to the shank of said foot for guiding and positioning said embroidery material, relative to said fabric preparatory to its fixation to said fabric by the needle of said machine.

6. An attachment for sewing machines for securing embroidery braids to fabric comprising a substantially disc-shaped presser foot arranged for attachment to the presser bar of said sewing machine and provided with 'a substantially V-shap-ed needle receiving recess and adjacent View openings, a flexible member secured to the shank of said presser foot and having a free end shaped to overlie the angle of said V-shaped recess to define a needle passage and serving to hold and position the embroidery braid relative to the needle of said sewing machine, preparatory to its securernent thereby to said fabric.

DORIS LITSEY. 

